Example sentences of "than ever [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the introduction of student loans , and the end of free tuition , it will make entry into higher education dependent more than ever on the size of a parent 's bank balance . |
| 2 | Yet the physios have been busier than ever on tour . |
| 3 | Saddam is now more reliant than ever on other clans , which do not think they would survive his overthrow . |
| 4 | " There seem to be more fires than ever on the hill tonight , " said Louise brightly , hoping to divert Miriam from any further discussion of the Collector 's natural functions . |
| 5 | Consciousness of all these pressures did not improve Michael Banks 's concentration and , together with fatigue , ensured that the lines were worse than ever on the Friday afternoon run . |
| 6 | It was unshakable in its main bastion , Britain , and elsewhere the prospects of social revolution paradoxically seemed to depend more than ever on the prospect of the bourgeoisie , domestic or foreign , creating that triumphant capitalism which would make possible its own overthrow . |
| 7 | The upshot of that , though , was that Travis felt worse than ever on learning that Derek Talbot had called to again ask Rosemary for a divorce , but that Rosemary had given Derek an outright ‘ no ’ . |
| 8 | There is now more traffic than ever on the route and any hold-ups will spill on to the surrounding routes . |
| 9 | Fired with enthusiasm for the new Europe on his return flight over the North Sea , Fuhrer Kinnock , as he is known in the German press , seemed more frustrated than ever at being out of office at such a momentous time . |
| 10 | To Sara , more hard-pressed than ever at Lime Street , the intellectual and emotional sympathy binding Coleridge and Dorothy must have been both apparent and distressing , even if Dorothy , in De Quincey 's words , was a woman possessing ‘ no personal charms ’ : on only the second day of the visit Coleridge and Dorothy were occupied together correcting his poems for the new edition while Sara was left to carry the domestic burdens of the teeming cottage . |
| 11 | Policy-makers are looking closer than ever at how to tax multinationals more consistently . |
| 12 | We worked harder than ever at the Rose . |
| 13 | As the 21st century approaches , solicitors are more than ever at the forefront of commercial and community life . |
| 14 | His voice was filled with tenderness , his eyes dark with understanding , and she nodded , loving him more than ever at that moment . |
| 15 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 16 | We are more conscious than ever of the need to take positive steps to promote the full access of girls and women not only to full educational opportunities but also to the whole range of community resources and services , including employment , leisure , housing , social security and the right to property . |
| 17 | We are all more aware than ever of environmental matters and the need to protect our surroundings . |
| 18 | They are fearful today , however , that the republican machine that won more votes than any other party in Belfast is on a high , more hopeful than ever of blasting the Government into submission , in the longer term . |
| 19 | Sleeping , Cranston reminded the friar more than ever of the huge bear in the bailey of the Tower . |
| 20 | THE 1992 major league season begins today with ‘ America 's National Pastime ’ closer than ever to becoming an interna-tional pastime . |
| 21 | The whole momentum of the 1984 Act , with its emphasis on detention , interrogation , and confessions , has made the right to silence more vulnerable than ever to allegations that it is out of date , too favourable to criminals , and anachronistic . |
| 22 | A NEW study of insulin-dependent diabetes in identical twins has brought doctors closer than ever to being able to predict its development in people thought to be at risk . |
| 23 | His security undermined , he was now more vulnerable than ever to Mauve 's voice and its cutting edge , to his cold eyes , the touch of condescension . |
| 24 | At thirteen she felt trapped by the system of growing into a woman , which seemed to be separating them , and longed more than ever to be his son . |
| 25 | That was why , Claudia saw suddenly , Fleur had clung more than ever to Dana after their father 's death . |
| 26 | But he seemed taller than ever to her when , standing over her , he looked down into her large green eyes . |
| 27 | Now the country is opening its doors wider than ever to tourists . |
| 28 | Reports from Lebanon suggest that British hostages could be closer than ever to freedom . |
| 29 | The Asian , Muslim and Arab communities are now being threatened more than ever with attacks , harassment , detention and deportation . |
| 30 | Yet , because of other commitments , I have arguably spent less time than ever with my fish . |